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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1999
Kanefumi Yamamoto, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiroaki Mieda, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masanori Hiramitsu, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshiaki Miyake, Aichi-ken, JP;
Pokka Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A process for producing a food material having a high concentration of eriocitrin, which comprises extracting a juice, a peel and a squeezed juice refuse of a citrus fruit with a polar solvent, applying the extract to a synthetic adsorption resin, and separating and recovering the food material having the high concentration of eriocitrin using an organic solvent such as hydrous alcohol. A food material having a high concentration eriocitrin as an antioxidant ingredient can industrially be produced quite efficiently without entraining an ingredient of a bitter taste, and drink and food having a high antioxidant effect can be produced.